London

Sorry We Are English

Roderick Matthews

What a country. We can’t speak properly, or drive sensibly, and we have fallen into stealing each other’s pets to make a living

Bengali Anglophilia

Swapan Dasgupta

It was grafted on local tradition and culture

The London Connection

Ullekh NP

A new collection of essays shines a light on BR Ambedkar’s internationalism

Imperial Destiny

Swapan Dasgupta

As the country approaches the presidential election in November, it is becoming sufficiently clear that the American personality is deeply fractured, almost to the point of being schizoid.

Londonistan

Swapan Dasgupta

The pro-Palestine marches through London

In the Guise of Solidarity

Swapan Dasgupta

I never imagined that the butchers of Hamas would manage to set the tone of discourse in, of all places, London

One Hundred Days of Solitude

Ira Mukhoty

The rootlessness of family can give you the world

Kamila Shamsie: The Anatomy of a Friendship

Nandini Nair

In her new novel, Kamila Shamsie moves between Karachi of the late 1980s and London of today. She speaks to Open about how childhood bonds can fray and strengthen over time